SEEK ALTERNATIVES TO FIGHTING CRIME

I'm writing about your thoughtful editorial: "Getting tough on crime"

(2-03-07). Unfortunately, the common sense solution to Freeport's
crime problem lies in Washington, DC - not Freeport or any other city
or town in the United States.

Since the vast majority of all of our violent crime and property
crime is caused by our drug prohibition policies, the common sense
solution is to re-legalize all of our now illegal drugs. Then the
drugs can be sold in legal, regulated and licensed business establishments.

Then drug dealers as we know them today will disappear for economic
reasons. Then our so-called "drug-related crime" will be in our past
- - not our future.

Most people currently employed in law enforcement are against the
re-legalization of our now illegal drugs. That's because we would
need far fewer law enforcement personnel if all drugs were re-legalized.

However, there is one organization made up of of law enforcement
personnel who favor the re-legalization of all drugs despite the fact
that it's against their own economic self interest to do so. That
organization is called

L.E.A.P. (Law Enforcement Against Prohibition).

I suggest the readers visit the L.E.A.P. web site at: www.leap.cc.

Then arrange for a speaker from L.E.A.P. to give an informative and
entertaining talk about our current and past drug policies to any
organization or group.

Most will arrive at the L.E.A.P. talk skeptical - most will leave convinced.

Kirk Muse

Mesa, Az.

formerly of Freeport